Although anything can be done, and several nations would like to match the American accomplishment of landing men on the Moon, the greater question is “Why?”
The American accomplishment of the Apollo missions simply cannot be matched. Repeating something done in 1969 with a flight in 2019, fifty years later is not matching Apollo. It is repeating it, with all the advantages of advanced technology. Fifty years worth. It is like doing a cattle drive of the 1870s, in 2015. Continue reading Is a manned return to the Moon practical?→
This is an interesting subject that I found while looking for surface anomalies that could provide a basis for a plot or scene – the crash sites of the Saturn boosters. The LRO found the Apollo fourth stages. And they are not normal craters. Continue reading Secrets of the Saturn IVB craters.→
By “native engines” we refer to engines made strictly from Lunar materials. These are engines that produce mechanical motion. Native production of rocket motor propellants, and of rocket motors will be handled separately.
Seven percent of meteors are metallic. Seven percent of the meteors hitting the Moon have been metallic. It is known that by far the largest percentage of this hit with sufficient velocity to vaporize, and their metal became yet another layer on surface dust and dirt. But why wouldn’t there be a few that didn’t vaporize?
One such meteor was found sitting on the surface on Mars. Of course, there is some air there to brake the incoming mass, as is the case on Earth. But could such a meteor be located on the Moon? Continue reading Could a metallic meteor be found on the Moon?→
The first landings on the Moon contained pictures of the LEM, and the astronauts standing on the lunar surface. Because at that time color television image transmission was possible but extremely low resolution (320×240 pixels typical), newspapers used on their front pages artist’s paintings and pictures of mockups Continue reading How did the “NASA faked the Moon landing” conspiracy theory start?→
